Donna Summer Shooting To Top Of Charts

It’s something we are becoming all too familiar with. A star dies, and before they are even laid to rest, the popularity of their music soars once again.

Perhaps we should consider this post-life climb to the top of the charts as a tribute. A way to pay homage to the greatness of their talent. But it’s also a tribute to our own memories – for those of us that are old enough to own the memories of these songs being new, at least. The music brings back those joyful, innocent, romantic, heady, times. It also reminds us of our own mortality. With the deaths of Michael Jackson, Soul Train creator Don Cornelius, Whitney Houston, and now Donna Summer, we are seeing the death of ‘our’ time… our generation’s ‘greats’. The 70’s and 80’s are literally passing into history before our eyes.

What we are not seeing, at least not yet, is any ‘price gouging.’ Apple stirred controversy after Whitney Houston’s death when they apparently raised prices for her music. Apple was accused of trying to profit on her death. Later it was discovered to be ‘an error’ made by the company that owned the rights to Houston’s music, Sony, and was ‘corrected.’

The iTunes store currently has most of Donna Summer’s singles priced at $1.29. At this point, Summer is not showing up on the top of the iTunes charts, but we’re not sure what time they update the chart. We’ll keep an eye on it and provide updates below.

Cassie is back!One of our founding writers, Cassie has returned to write for NFS after taking some time off to travel across Asia. Cassie has a BS in Journalism and loves all things entertainment. If it has to do with games, movies, tv, or travel, she's on it.